After a thirty-two day absence from Shikun Skver, the Skverer Rebbe returned on Thursday, 26Tammuz/July 20. A month earlier, the rebbe left to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he underwent a complex heart operation. After about a week in the hospital, the rebbe went to convalesce in Malibu, California, where he remained until Thursday.

The residents of Shikun Skver came out en masse to greet the rebbe upon his return. The rebbe spoke briefly in a voice choked with emotion, thanking the entire tzibbur for their tefillos.